Cyperaceae
Round-headed club-rush
Scirpoides holoschoenus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Scirpoides
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- عشب البرك
- arz
- عشب البرك
- Belarusian
- Галасхенус звычайны
- Catalan
- Jonc, Joncs
- Chinese
- 月枝莎, 球藨草
- Czech
- Kamýšek obecný
- Dutch
- Kogelbies
- English
- Round-headed club-rush, Roundhead bulrush, Bulrush, bullrush
- Finnish
- Noropallokaisla, Pallokaisla
- French
- Scirpe jonc, Scirpe-jonc
- German
- Kugelsimse, Gewöhnliche Kugelsimse, Kugel-Simse, Kugelbinse
- Greek
- Σκιρποειδής ο ολόσχινος
- Hebrew
- אגמון הכדורים
- Indonesian
- Teberau
- Latvian
- Melnceru meldrs
- Polish
- Hołoszeń główkowaty
- Russian
- Камышевидник обыкновенный
- shi
- Aẓẓmay
- Spanish
- Junco agrupado, Junco basto, Junco blanco, Junco comun, Junco común, Junco mantecoso, Mariscus holoschoenus
- Swedish
- Klotsäv
- Welsh
- Clwbfrwynen y coed
Synonyms
- Cyperus holoschoenus (L.) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause
- Holoschoenus romanus subsp. holoschoenus (L.) Greuter
- Holoschoenus romanus var. australis (Murray) Soó
- Holoschoenus vulgaris Link
- Isolepis australis Bluff, Nees & Schauer.
- Isolepis holoschoenus (L.) Roem. & Schult.
- Isolepis paniculata Gray
- Scirpus holoschoenus L.
- Scirpus holoschoenus subsp. euholoschoenus Briq.
- Scirpus holoschoenus var. australis (L.) W.D.J.Koch
- Scirpus holoschoenus var. globuliferus Boiss.
- Scirpus holoschoenus var. longemamillaris Sennen
- Scirpus holoschoenus var. romanus (L.) W.D.J.Koch
- Scirpus parlatoris Biv.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Cami Romarin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Séverine Lesachey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Séverine Lesachey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: jmscp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: gbdimeglio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.